Film-holder attachment for cameras.



"A. L. HARRELL. FILM HOLDER ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

' APPLlCATlQN FILED wt-L30. m7. 1,26,9. Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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Eastman, in the ASA L. n nnannnyor EASTMAN, GEORGIA.

Specification of Letters Patent;

BEND-HOLDER ATTACHMEN T FOR CAMERAS.

Patented ar. 26, 1918.

Application filed August 30, 1917. Serial 0. 188,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be a known that I ASA L. HARRELL, a

citizen of the United tates. and resident ofcounty of Dodge and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Film-Holder Attachments for Cameras, of which the fol- V I lowing is a specification.

era without alteration to This invention relates to improvements in camera accessories and it is the principal ob ject of the invention to providea film roll holding attachment, whereby film rolls varying in size may be used in a single camthe construction thereof.

Another and equally important object of the invention is to provide means for insuring the exposure ofthe proper area of the film arranged in the camera.

ong other aims and objects of the invention may be recited, the provision of a evice of the character mentioned with a view to compactness, and. in which the number of parts are few, the construction simple, the cost of production small, and eificiency and operationhigh.

The improvements in the detailsand arrangement of parts will be apparent from an inspection of the accompanying drawings,

of the attachment being sh tion; and

Fi 2 is a detail in roll olding brackets.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Having more perspective ofthefilm particular reference to the drawings, 1 designatesthe boxing or casing of the camera having film roll receiving compartments 2 and 3' arran ed in the opposite ends thereof; the ends 0 the sad compartments being provided with the usual slidable bearing pintles 4 and the slldable film roll turning key 5 havin a head 5' formed on its inner end, it 0 course be-- to ing understood that the key serves as specific description of imparting a full naled' in bearings formed in bent extremities of strips of which the improved attachment applied thereto, part dering it possible the ead 5"of means for winding the film from one roll to another subsequent to exposure of the same. The attachment comprises a pair of brackets indicated in their entirety by the numeral 6, which brackets are substantially U-shaped and are. formed from several pieces of spring metal having the opposite ends thereof upturned as at 7 and provided with openings 8 for receiving the bearing pintles 4 and the turning key 5 therethrough.- A second strip of metal is arranged within the brackets and is meral 9. As clearly shown in the Fig. 2, the ends of the strip 9 are upturned as at 10 and certain of the same are provided with hearing pins 11 adapted to befitted intothe openings commonly formed in' the ends of roll, spools. In this way, it will be readily understood, that the film rolls will be rotatably supported.

Upon that bracket 6 which is arranged in .the compartment 3 having the film roll turndesignated by the nuthe opposite end is provided with. a head" 14 in I marketed. The head 5' of the key 5 is received in the slotted end of the key 12 and upon rotation thereof, will cause rotation of the particular film roll arranged. in its re spective compartment. The opposite end of the connecting key 12 are 0 course ourthe angularly bracket 6 is formed.

As means for exposing only the proper area of the film arranged before the lens of the camera, I provide a mask 15 this mask having an opening therein corresponding to the size of picture which .may be produced with theparticular film arranged in the camera.

From the foregoing, it will be readily understood by persons skilled in the art that with my improved attachment, I am enabled to employ a 'single'camera for taking pictures varying in size; the attachmentrento supportfilm rolls of a size smaller than that for which the camera is designed, ,while by removing the attach ment,.the proper' size of films may be used in the camera, the containing spool, obvi-. ousl being erigaged with the e key/5.

adapted to be fitted into the slot formed one end of film roll holding spools 'now.

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' i no Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification and such modification as is within the scope of my 4 claim I consider within the spirit of my in- 5 vention. t

' I claim v l ,In combination with a camera, brackets removably arranged in the film r011 receiving compartments thereof, each of said 10 brackets being formed ofsubstantially U- shaped strips of metal varying in length and having their opposite ends arranged in spaced relation, the end of said inner strip of the brackets being adapted to rotatably support film rolls therebetween, and a connecting key rotatably arranged upon one end of one of said brackets and theadjacent end of the inner strip thereof for connecting a film roll to the-turning key of the camera. a Y

In testimony whereof, I afix my signature hereto. 

